PSİ108

School of Humanities \ Psychology

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English

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Psychology Bachelor's Degree Program

This course covers topics of hypothesis development and variable types, cause-effect relationship and sampling, reliability and validity concepts, qualitative and quantitative data collection methods, experimental and quasi-experimental methods, methods of analyzing collected data and reporting the analyzed data.

Christensen, L. B. , Johnson, R. B. , & Turner, L. A.
(2015). Research methods, design, and analysis
(12th ed. ). Pearson.

1. To measure the concepts of psychology and to develop measurement tools,
2. To apply measurement and evaluation tools within the framework of ethical principles, 3. To produce original knowledge in the field of social and behavioral sciences by using existing scientific resources.

1. At the end of the semester, students are expected to master scientific research methods used in science of psychology.

Week 1: Course introduction + Understanding Scientific Research
Week 2: Research Approaches and Data Collection Methods + From Research Ideas to Hypothesis Formulation & Ethics in Scientific Research
Week 3: Measurement Techniques and Sampling Methods
Week 4: Ensuring Research Validity + Exercise I
Week 5: Control Techniques in Experimental Research
Week 6: Creating the Appropriate Research Design + Procedure for Conducting an Experiment
Week 7: Creating a Quasi-Experimental Design + Exercise II
Week 8: The Survey as Non-Experimental Research
Week 9: Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research
Week 10: Preparing and Publishing the Research Report + Exercise III
Week 11: Preparing and Publishing the Research Report
Week 12: Exercise IV

• Midterm Exams 25 %
• Final 35 %
• Homework 40 %